Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 418
r of the couch and let me come close besideyou, for I can talk better then. And her wise mother, feeling how much triflesinfluence us when we are sad or troubled, com-plied with her request. Chapter VI.Gertrudes sacrifice. Cuddling close, with her head in her mo-thers lap, Gertrude began: Ever… … GERTRUDE TELLS HER PLAN. 406 THE COLBURN PRIZE. [Mar. talked about it as she did, I seemed to realizewhat it would mean to her if she did nt win it.Of course she did nt understand what papameant by all that queer talk ; but I did, becauseI m so used to hearing him say such things.And then, when I…
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